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"Whatever happened to our plan for the farewell trip to Bali…"

Saturday, October 1st 2005. Yet another night of extreme infamy. I was enjoying my dinner with my family here in Jakarta when that nightmare made a returning strike on this nation’s "Tourist Paradise". What a tragic irony! It wasn’t ’til an hour later that I was notified about the issue through forwarded SMS-es from few of my schoolmates. And you know the first thing that bursted into my mind? This is injustice! The re-occurring tragic event is sinking the reputation of our country to the maximum level. If this has any relation with several affairs (I won’t mention them here for the sake of not offending any specific community, ’cause I’m trying to be generally neutral like the Indonesian public), then what are those irresponsible individuals with cruel intentions doing!? Does bombing public areas and killing innocent souls give a sense of personal satisfaction!? Is that the game they’re playing? Well, that was such a disgraceful action! And it’s not only me who came out with that opinion.

I don’t wanna be too involved politically for security reasons, but I have the right to demand that justice should immediately be served. Mann, whatever happened to our plan for the farewell trip to Bali… I guess it’s history now. But let us all pray for the healing of this country. God, I hope You bless the entire nation…

Well, maybe not all of you, but I do have these questionZ crossing my mind, which may seem absurd to those individuals who tend to be ‘rational’ in their thoughts. Remember that rhetorical questions are not meant to be answered but to be reflected upon, ’cause there’s no right or wrong. People have their own philosophies, including you (YES YOU!) and me, so whatever your theory and perspective is will be your original thought and should be valued and respected by others (lhoo koq gw jadi kyk tutor Legal Studies ya? ha3 Gubrak ><)

Alrite, back 2 da topic. In several cases, I always wonder why:

* people tend to respect those with higher authorities but not those with poor background (economically) in life

* discrimination, racism and unfair treatment towards other individuals are still common issues in the media

* I’m always pushed to achieve ‘better’ scores at school when they realize and I realize my limitations and that I always have done my best but that’s the maximum mark I could get, so why am I forced?  Hmm…

* most individuals tend to study courses at university that lead to easy-to-find jobs. I’m not saying that it’s wrong (remember, this is just rhetorical, so think globally), but people always urge me to take majors that have wider career prospects, but I don’t care about money. I care ’bout my passion! For all my fellow schoolmates, we all have studied about ‘Journey’, right? Maybe I am the persona in "The Road Not Taken", ’cause "2 roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I’ll take the one less traveled by, and that will make all the difference", and I’m satisfied with that. Well, the money is another story to me. What about you???

* "Intellectual" is the word that is mostly appreciated than "the sense of ART"? Well, this is in the BUSINESS contexT. So the business sector is much more filled with loads of workers than an art-related job. But I guess business is a form of ‘art’ (in a different way) huh? And even an art is business. So, is vice versa the key answer??

* da sky iz blue (hwa9 yg ini gak bangetZ! 4get thiz 1)

Hmm…again, just a reminder that these are not meant to be answered (but do so if you want to). Just wonderin’ what do you have to say about any or all of those topics? Got any common experience? Don’t 4get to drop your perspectives on the Comments section, alrite? ha3

God bless you all! =D

Ayoo…mari q-ta ber-FILOSOFI ria bwat ilangin stres!!! (Padahal aye tau sbagian org pasti makin sakit kepala, apalagi yang baru aja ngabisin 5 kaleng Bir Bintang, he3) =p Anyway, *ceritanya sambil meneguk secangkir kopi arabika & ditemani musik jazz yg maen di ‘background’*, mari q-ta ngebahas tentang satu topik yang keliatannya klise diomongin, tapi sebenernya there’s more 2 it than you could x-pect: Distinction, ato klo mau lebih simpel q-ta sebut "perfection" (kesempurnaan) -> penting gak sih? =p

Apa itu kesempurnaan? Hayoo ada yang mau kasih penjelasan? Well, apapun versi jawaban kamoe2 smua, ada satu hal yang pasti: kesempurnaan itu merupakan satu titik yang diincar oleh seluruh individu di Planet Bumi ini. Itu adalah sebuah destinasi di mana individu yang berhasil mencapainya dapat memperoleh kesempurnaan yang "eTeRnAL"/"EvErLaStInG", di mana ia tidak memiliki kesalahan atau kecerobohan sekecil apapun sehingga menjadi seseorang dengan kesempurnaan yang sangat sempurna. Jika itu terjadi, tercapailah apa yang disebut dengan "infinity". Dengan demikian, individu tersebut telah berhasil menginjak puncak yang disebut THE POINT OF DISTINCTION. Yahhh memang merupakan sebuah idealisme semua org untuk menjadi sempurna…

…TAPI seberapa pentingnyakah kesempurnaan itu sendiri? Kenapa orang terus tanpa hentinya mencari2 destinasi itu, meski mereka udah capai2 keliling seluruh bagian di bumi ini (sampe udah ngabisin kaleng Milo dalam jumlah yang tak terhitung biar energi terus ‘terisi’ <gak jelas ya>) tanpa mendapatkan hasil sedikitpun!? Memang, destinasi ‘kesempurnaan’ itu tidak dapat dicapai dengan cara apapun, karena realitanya kesempurnaan itu hanyalah sebuah ilusi. It doesn’t exist! X-cept for the Lord our creator… Q-ta terus percaya bahwa kesempurnaan itu ada (pastinya dalam kehidupan nyata, q-ta sering mendengar pernyataan bahwa ‘tidak ada seorang atau satu halpun di dunia ini yang sempurna, & pastinya q-ta setuju, tapi dalam kondisi di mana q-ta melakukan suatu kesalahan atau kecerobohan yang membuat diri q-ta malu dihadapan publik, tanpa q-ta sadari, q-ta sendiri pasti berharap adanya ‘kesempurnaan’ & langsung memulai suatu ekspedisi untuk mencapai destinasi itu), tapi nyatanya kesempurnaan itu benar2 "non-existent".

Entah apa benar2 "non-existent" atau sebenarnya ada tapi "invisible"… Tapi apapun yang terjadi, gw teteup percaya sama pilihan pertama, yaitu "non-existent".

Jadi, apa gunanya q-ta selalu mengejar2 nilai tertinggi di kelas tetapi nilai maksimum yg q-ta dapatkan hanya separuhnya, & q-ta sedih berlarut2 sampai lebih dari seminggu (ada loh di dunia nyata yg seperti itu). Atau contoh lainnya, q-ta berambisi mengikuti lomba lari & q-ta terus berlatih hanya u/ mengetahui bahwa q-ta gagal di "medan perang", lalu kekecewaan q-ta begitu besar sehingga dapat merugikan org laen juga (kasian kan klo q-ta lagi kecewa sama diri ndiri, trs ada org lain yang maksudnya mau ngebantu, tapi alhasil q-ta ngomel2 gk jelas ama dy).

So what’s the point of perfection??? Klo teori saya seperti yang dah disebutkan di atas. Teori Anda bisa saja berbeda. Jadiiiiiii, jgn lupa nge-drop komentar loe2 smua otre!? Sementara ini, gw mau ngabisin kopi gw dulu PLUS gw jg mau ngelahap opera cake yang dari tadi dah nungguin bwat dimakan =p Ditunggu ya comments-nya =D